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Old Glassworks

Old Glassworks is a Pennsylvania historical marker in New Geneva, Fayette County, dedicated 1955.

New Geneva Rd. (PA 166), across from elem. school and near Friendship Hill site, New Geneva

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Half a mile east of here, 1794-1797, the first glass factory west of the Alleghenies was founded by Albert Gallatin, Secretary of the Treasury under Thomas Jefferson. He was aided by skillful glassworkers from the Amelung factory -- Kramer, Gabler, Eberhart, Reppert, and Reitz. Factory closed in 1807.

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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A Map Of The State Of Pennsylvania, 1792, covering the location of Old Glassworks, with a pin at the marker's coordinates
A Map Of The State Of Pennsylvania, 1792, covering this location. David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.
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Marker data: Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission via data.pa.gov

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